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"""The generic decoder interface."""

import abc


class Decoder(object):
  """Decodes the raw data into tensors."""

  __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta

  @abc.abstractmethod
  def decode(self, serialized_example):
    """Decodes the serialized example into tensors.

    Args:
      serialized_example: a serialized string tensor that encodes the data.

    Returns:
      decoded_tensors: a dict of Tensors.
    """
    pass
